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Pest-Repellent Plants
By Gail Thomas for Australian Horticulture. (reproduced with permission) If the pests are taking hold, this useful reference has plenty of quick and easy organic solutions to getting the upper hand in...
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Yacon
Bright yellow yakon flowers Article by Gail Thomas Yacons (Polymnia edulis) are an Andean crop with a long history, having been found in pre-Incan tombs. They produce edible tubers which somewhat...
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Life in a Gall
Review by Gail Thomas The Biology and Ecology of Insects that Live in Plant Galls This comprehensive handbook, complete with full colour photos will be a useful tool for entomologists, botanists,...
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Seasons at Home
Review by Gail Thomas In her latest book house and garden expert Holly Kerr Forsyth has compiled a collection of seasonal recipes to celebrate the bounty of fresh produce from the garden. Each chapter...
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Sunday’s Garden: Growing Heide
Review by Gail Thomas The Heide Museum of Modern Art at Bulleen in Victoria was a neglected former dairy farm when Sunday and John Reed purchased the property in 1934. At the end of their lives and...
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Marionberries
Article and photos by Gail Thomas Marionberries are one of the most luscious summer fruits, and although the plants are thorny the resulting delicious fruit far outweighs any prickly encounters! A...
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Jostaberries
By Gail Thomas Jostaberries (Ribes nidigrolaria) – and pronounced ‘yustaberries’ – are a genetic cross between black currants (Ribes nigrum) and gooseberries (Ribes grossuaria). This thornless plant...
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